The charges were lodged with the State Prosecutor's Office that will establish whether the suspects really voted twice on polling day.
The DIP added that 71 persons accounted for an extremely small percentage, namely 0. 00326 percent of 2.2 million voters who went to the polls at the second round of the presidential elections on 16 January 2005.
Those 71 'suspects' have an address in Croatia, but have permanent residence in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and under the law they can vote either in Croatia or abroad.
On the same day, there was only one report about double voting. After the elections there were no concrete objections about possible double voting.
Following suspicions raised about possible irregularities at 30 polling stations in Bosnia-Herzegovina, all 10,438 voters, who were added to the lists of voters, were checked. The data on those voters were also checked at polling stations in Croatia where they have registered addresses.
The names of the 71 persons were circled on voters' lists both in Croatia and Bosnia, which showed that they possibly voted both in Croatia and Bosnia on the same day.